Improvement in umbrellas and parasols



W. M. HENDERSON.

Umbrellas and Para-sols.

Patented N0v`.24,1874.

101. HU 7 5 0 N.

UNITED STATES PATENT WILLIAM M. HENDERSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO GEORGE YULE, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,071, dated November Q4, 1874; application tiled October 17, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM M. HENDER- sON, of the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Walking Umbrellas and Parasols, of which the following is a specification:

This invention is intended to apply to those umbrellas and parasols which are designed to be used as walking-canes, when not required for rain or sun protection, the object being to furnish a handle, which is readilyr detachable, and made to fit either end of the umbrella or parasol stick, and which shall present a clean surface to the hand, whichever Way the article may be carried.

In the late style of ladies parasols, made for Walking purposes, the handle is made fast in one piece with the stick, and at the lwrong end when the parasol has to be used as a sunshade. This is both objectionable and inconvenient, as the slender stick does not afford a substantial hold for the hand, having to be held some distance from the end, which cannot remain so clean, after being used as a walking-cane, as not to soil the hand or gloves of the user.

This invention is designed to overcome these defects by providing a detachable handle, made to fit either end of the stick, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which- Figure l shows an umbrella or parasol eX- panded, and with the handle arranged to be used overhead. Fig. 2 shows thesame with the handle reversed, to be used closed as a Walking-cane; and Fig. 3 shows a section ot' the detachable handle in position, on one end of the stick, both ends of which are alike. Figs. 4 and 5 are modifications of the same.

A is the stick. B is the handle, which is detachable, and secured to position by the spring C.

This manner of securing the handle is shown as a method commonly employed and understood by all manufacturers of umbrellas and parasols.

It is evident there are many other Ways of ei'ecting the same object, such as securing the handle by means of a screw-thread, as shown by Fig. 4; or by employing a bayonetjoint, as shown by Fig. 5, and I do not desire to confine myself to this particular method; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A detachable handle made to fit either end ot' the cane or stick of an umbrella or parasol also, in combination therewith, an umbrella or parasol cane or stick having its two ends made alike, or so nearly alike that either of said ends shall be adapted to receive said detachable handle, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

VILLIAM M. HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

L. HARWooD, A. T. YOUNG. 

